You are really ignorant and did not read what I wrote, or maybe you simply do not understand English. I said Scripture references Cephas 4 times in Cor and 4 times in Gal. Also once in John
Scripture calls Peter Cephas - the Greek for Kepha, which is Aramic for Rock.
Why would there be so many references to Peter the Rock if those were not the words of Christ? And again, I ask you to use Scripture to prove your beliefs.
John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”
1 Corinthians 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
1 Corinthians 9:5 Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
1 Corinthians 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
Galatians 1:18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
Galatians 2:9 James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Galatians 2:11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
Galatians 2:14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
I already answered this in another post, probably as you were writing. I did my own research, and my speedily and angry original reply had some errors in it, which I corrected. So you have my deep regrets for replying too quickly.
So congrats, you win the argument about Aramaic.
HOWEVER.
There is no evidence in Scripture that Peter had any extra authority than the other Apostles. In fact... thank you for quoting some verses that I will now use to argue against you.
“1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” “
You would think that if Peter had special authority, Paul would have ordered them to follow him. No, that does not in fact seem to be the case.
On top of that, it seems that Peter had a wife? But I thought that Roman Catholic priests weren’t allowed to get married. SCANDALOUS.
Have you considered also the fact that your own theologians confessed that it was the confession of faith, not Cephas himself, that was the rock that Jesus spoke of?
And finally:
Have you considered my accusations of Roman blasphemy against the Word?
Because if those accusations are true, then the REAL Catholic church was rediscovered by Luther and you Catholics are the heretics.
Dang!
Rome's First Pope is getting some REALLY bad press here!